Category Archives: Canada
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $5 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the $1 million guaranteed prize was claimed by a ticket purchased in the Prairies. Th...
Dec 11, 2016
Mountie sues, alleges PTSD from exposure to child porn in sex offences unit
VANCOUVER - An RCMP officer has filed a lawsuit alleging he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder after being exposed to a “significant volume” of child pornography while working in ...
Dec 10, 2016
Manitoba reserve's scramble before freeze-up made worse when ferry breaks down
SHOAL LAKE, Man. - An annual mad dash for supplies that residents of an isolated reserve near the Manitoba-Ontario boundary make on their ferry’s last day before winter freeze-up was extra hairy...
Dec 10, 2016
Small plane with two aboard crashes in river near Quebec City: TSB
LEVIS, Que. - A small plane with two people aboard crashed in a river south of Quebec City on Saturday afternoon, the Transportation Safety Board said. Board spokesman Chris Krepski said the two-seate...
Dec 10, 2016
Amnesty International campaign takes aim at first Canadian project with Site C
VANCOUVER - An annual Amnesty International human-rights campaign is taking aim at a Canadian project for the first time - the Site C dam. The $8.8-billion hydroelectric dam project in northeast Briti...
Dec 10, 2016
Canadian border bill passes U.S. Congress: enables long-awaited reforms
WASHINGTON - A bill with potentially sweeping consequences for the Canada-U.S. border has just been adopted by the American Congress, allowing new projects aimed at speeding up travel through the inte...
Dec 10, 2016
Downtrodden D.C.: In federal offices, tears and sadness about working for Trump
WASHINGTON - A funereal atmosphere has taken hold in government offices in the U.S. capital, where numerous federal employees describe mournful, even tearful, scenes among dejected co-workers commiser...
Dec 10, 2016
A look at details of framework agreement on climate change
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won the agreement Friday of eight provinces and all three territories for an “historic” pan-Canadian framework on clean growth and climate change. Th...
Dec 09, 2016
A selection of quotes following first ministers meeting on climate change
OTTAWA - First ministers emerged from a day-long summit Friday hailing a pan-Canadian agreement on climate change. Saskatchewan’s Brad Wall flatly refused to sign on while Manitoba’s Brian...
Dec 09, 2016
Ontario steelmaker Stelco seeks court OK for moving ahead with restructuring
TORONTO - Southern Ontario steelmaker Stelco is seeking court approval to move forward with its restructuring following an agreement with Bedrock Industries. Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa sai...
Dec 09, 2016